Ben Roy

Who Ben Roy is

Ben Roy is a stand-up comedian, actor and musician who has been taking audiences by storm with his passionate, ranting style since 2004, when he started out at Denver's Comedy Works. He has played Montreal's Just for Laughs (New Faces, The Nasty Show and his own hour), Just For Laughs Toronto and Chicago, the New York Comedy Festival and South by Southwest, has been featured on HBO's Funny as Hell and on Comedy Central's Adam DeVine's House Party, Corporate, @midnight and This Is Not Happening, and was named one of Variety's Top 10 Comics to Watch.

With Adam Cayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl, as The Grawlix, he created, wrote and starred in Those Who Can't, which ran for three seasons on truTV and HBO Max. He has released five stand-up albums, from I've Got Demons (2012) to Hyena (2023), whose special, released on YouTube by 800 Pound Gorilla, was one of NPR's top specials of 2023 and has streamed on Hulu and Disney+ since July 2024. He hosts the podcasts 97.9 The Rat Race and Advice Fight, sings in the bands Spells and Arson Charge, and his tracks were played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel in February 2023.